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January rail strikes: Will my train run during the national walkouts?

First week of 2023 set to be blighted by transport industrial action including rail strikes

The Independent UK

Edinburgh commuters heading home on Hogmanay 'abandoned' as train firm cancels services

Avanti West Coast announced on Saturday morning that it had cancelled services north of Carlisle due to a landslip at Carstairs.

Edinburgh Live

Scots heading home on Hogmanay 'abandoned' as train firm cancels services

Avanti West Coast announced on Saturday morning that it had cancelled services north of Carlisle due to a landslip at Carstairs.

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January rail strikes: Will my train run during the national walkouts?

First week of 2023 set to be blighted by transport industrial action including rail strikes

The Independent UK

Avanti issues travel warning ahead of further strike action next week

RMT and ASLEF union members are walking out across several days

Manchester Evening News

January rail strikes: Will my train run during the national walkouts?

First week of 2023 blighted by transport industrial action

The Independent UK

Strikes stall train services in Scotland over Christmas

The industrial action by RMT union members at Network Rail is part of a long-running dispute over pay.

The Independent UK

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ScotRail warns travellers of disruption over Christmas because of strikes

Services will begin to wind down from the afternoon of Christmas Eve and not resume until December 27.

The Independent UK

TransPennine Express bans e-scooters from trains and stations

Avanti West Coast has also banned the devices

Liverpool Echo

Christmas rail travel: Which trains are running from December until the second week of January?

As many as 250,000 trains will not run as normal between 22 December and 8 January

The Independent UK

Avanti West Coast bans e-scooters from trains and stations

The train operator said the ban on the e-scooters is because of safety concerns

Liverpool Echo

Train drivers to stage fresh 24-hour UK strike on 5 January

Aslef action falls between two 48-hour strikes by RMT, knocking out most trains for five days

The Guardian - UK

Disabled passengers on Avanti trains say they have had to sit in toilets to get seat

One wheelchair user reported that pre-booked accessible spaces were filled with luggage and no staff were present

The Guardian - UK

Saturday of misery for Christmas shoppers and partygoers amid train strikes

The disruption is likely to increase demand for taxis and buses on the busiest weekend of the year

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The Guardian - UK

Avanti West Coast rewarded with over £4m in taxpayer-funded bonuses

Payout awarded for period in which Avanti was UK’s worst train operator for delays, Labour analysis found

The Guardian - UK

North of England rail chaos stems from ‘toxic combination’ of issues, MPs hear

Late, inadequate and overbooked trains are costing the regional economy half a billion pounds a year

The Independent UK

Avanti West Coast: ‘It’s barely possible to travel around the North of England by rail,’ MPs told

MPs told of train chaos on Avanti West Coast – but operator promises ‘a stable timetable that we can deliver’ is now running

Birmingham Post

Poor train services from TransPennine Express, Avanti West Coast and Northern due to 'toxic combination' of problems

Avanti West Coast cut its schedules in August to limit short-notice cancellations but reinstated some of the lost services in new timetables on Sunday

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The Independent UK

Will my train be running during the rail strikes?

Exclusive: Several operators, including Great Western Railway and West Midlands Trains, are running more trains than on previous strike days

Manchester Evening News

What the rail strikes mean for you as workers walk out for four days this week

Tens of thousands of workers are taking industrial action

The Guardian - UK

UK strike calendar – service stoppages planned for March and April

All the dates for strikes and stoppages across health, transport and education networks

The Guardian - UK

‘Masterclass in poor service’: rail passenger hits out at Avanti over £589 ticket

Performer criticises operator over cancellations in journey after paying ‘eye-watering’ price for first-class Brighton-Bangor return

The National (Scotland)

The full list of strike dates affecting Scotland this month

Strikes by workers across the country in disputes over pay, pensions, jobs and conditions are expected to escalate in the weeks up to Christmas and…

The Independent UK

Will my train be running during the rail strikes?

Exclusive: Several operators, including Great Western Railway and West Midlands Trains, are running more trains than on previous strike days

Manchester Evening News

Avanti West Coast staff 'have no confidence train operator can improve', union says

A new national timetable is due to come into force from Sunday

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